Archive for Coal Ash Landfill
Water protection groups urge Illinois EPA to reject pollution permit for Prairie State Plant
March 7, 2013 / admin / Comments Off
The close proximity of the coal ash landfill is also a major concern to area residents, who rely on shallow groundwater resources for domestic and agricultural uses.
CHAMPAIGN, IL — The Prairie Rivers Network, American Bottom Conservancy, and the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club are urging the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to deny a proposed water pollution discharge permit for the Prairie State Generating Company.
Archive for Coal Mine
Small towns take their lumps after betting big on coal energy plant
July 3, 2013 / admin / Comments Off
Luke Lewis, city manager of Marceline, Mo., has been struggling to find a solution to the town's financial woes stemming from participation in the Prairie State Energy Campus.
NEW YORK, NY — “Illustrating the hazards of dabbling in the complex and unforgiving U.S. energy market, a handful cities and towns in the Midwest and beyond are absorbing a financial beating after betting big on an innovative coal-fired power plant shortly before the current domestic oil and natural gas boom hit its stride.
Archive for Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Illinois Residents Fight Back Against The State’s Coal Industry
March 20, 2014 / admin / Comments Off
n Wednesday, residents of Saline County in southern Illinois presented the Illinois Environmental Agency and the state’s attorney general with a 5,000 signature petition in an attempt to put the brakes on coal-mining in their community. They say the mine — Peabody’s Cottage Grove Strip Mine — is polluting the air and water and want these claims to be investigated.
Archive for Prairie Power Inc. (PPI)
The Truth About Prairie State Energy Campus (Part 2): Its Coal Isn’t Cheap
April 7, 2015 / admin / Comments Off
‘Annual per ton operating costs of the mine remain higher than those originally assumed …’
TOM SANZILLO, IEEFA
Among the many claims made to dozens of communities across the Midwest and South to induce them to sign onto the Prairie State Energy Campus deal was that it would be supplied by cheap coal from a mine across the street.
Archive for Northern Illinois Municipal Power Agency (NIMPA)
The Truth About Prairie State Energy Campus (Part 3): A Crippling Burden to Its Many Towns and Cities
April 8, 2015 / admin / Comments Off
That Giant Sucking Sound? An Ill-Conceived Power Plant Sapping the Economic Vigor of Communities Far and Wide …
SANDY BUCHANAN, IEEFA
Imagine, if you will, the small-business pillars of a town shutting their doors suddenly because they can’t pay their bills.
Archive for Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC)
The Truth About Prairie State Energy Campus (Part 3): A Crippling Burden to Its Many Towns and Cities
April 8, 2015 / admin / Comments Off
That Giant Sucking Sound? An Ill-Conceived Power Plant Sapping the Economic Vigor of Communities Far and Wide …
SANDY BUCHANAN, IEEFA
Imagine, if you will, the small-business pillars of a town shutting their doors suddenly because they can’t pay their bills.
Archive for Kentucky Municipal Power Agency (KMPA)
The Truth About Prairie State Energy Campus (Part 3): A Crippling Burden to Its Many Towns and Cities
April 8, 2015 / admin / Comments Off
That Giant Sucking Sound? An Ill-Conceived Power Plant Sapping the Economic Vigor of Communities Far and Wide …
SANDY BUCHANAN, IEEFA
Imagine, if you will, the small-business pillars of a town shutting their doors suddenly because they can’t pay their bills.
Archive for Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA)
The Truth About Prairie State Energy Campus (Part 3): A Crippling Burden to Its Many Towns and Cities
April 8, 2015 / admin / Comments Off
That Giant Sucking Sound? An Ill-Conceived Power Plant Sapping the Economic Vigor of Communities Far and Wide …
SANDY BUCHANAN, IEEFA
Imagine, if you will, the small-business pillars of a town shutting their doors suddenly because they can’t pay their bills.
Archive for Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA)
The Truth About Prairie State Energy Campus (Part 3): A Crippling Burden to Its Many Towns and Cities
April 8, 2015 / admin / Comments Off
That Giant Sucking Sound? An Ill-Conceived Power Plant Sapping the Economic Vigor of Communities Far and Wide …
SANDY BUCHANAN, IEEFA
Imagine, if you will, the small-business pillars of a town shutting their doors suddenly because they can’t pay their bills.
Archive for American Municipal Power (AMP)
The Truth About Prairie State Energy Campus (Part 3): A Crippling Burden to Its Many Towns and Cities
April 8, 2015 / admin / Comments Off
That Giant Sucking Sound? An Ill-Conceived Power Plant Sapping the Economic Vigor of Communities Far and Wide …
SANDY BUCHANAN, IEEFA
Imagine, if you will, the small-business pillars of a town shutting their doors suddenly because they can’t pay their bills.
